Frustrated with the process, some electors give up hope of voting by mail
CBC
Murray Dickson is starting to feel he may not be able to vote in this election.
Like many Canadians, the Grande Cache, Alta., resident applied to vote by special mail-in ballot. But he didn't anticipate how difficult it would be.
After three attempts — an Elections Canada representative told him there may have been a glitch in their system — he was finally able to verify his address with the agency. But now he's not confident they will be able to courier the mail-in ballot to his home in time.
He doesn't know what went wrong — whether it was indeed just a glitch or whether his form had a typo.
"I mean, it'd be nice to be able to vote so I can say I voted," he said.
Dickson is not the only one. A number of Canadians who wanted to vote by mail-in ballot this election have told CBC News that they're beginning to lose hope they'll be able to, due to confusion and frustration with the process.
Slightly more than 1.2 million Canadians have requested a mail-in voting kit, according to Elections Canada. While that is less than the agency anticipated amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it's still far more than in elections past.
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